Lugoj Eparchy
| Lugoj Eparchy | |
| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Romanian Greek Catholic Church |
| Country | Romania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Grand Archbishopric of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia |
| Diocesan bishop | Alexandru Mesian |
| Auxiliary bishop | Calin Ioan Bot |
| surface | 32,710 km² |
| Parishes | 149 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,150,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 99,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 4.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 124 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 773 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language | Romanian |
| cathedral | Catedrala Greco-Catolică Coborârea Spiritului Sfânt |
| address | Str.Episcop Ioan Balan 6, RO-1800 Lugoj, Romania |
| Website | www.bru.ro/lugoj |
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The Eparchy of Lugoj ( lat. : Dioecesis Lugosiensis , rum. : Eparhia de Lugoj ) is in Romania located Diocese of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church based in Lugoj . It includes the counties Caras-Severin , Timis , Arad , Hunedoara , Alba and Mehedinti .
history
Pope Pius IX founded the Diocese of Lugoj with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolicum Ministry on November 26, 1853 from cession of territory of the Diocese of Greater Oradin and the Archdiocese of Făgăraş , to which it was also subordinated as a Suffragan Diocese .
Bishops of Lugoj
- Alexandru Dobra (November 16, 1854 - April 13, 1870)
- Ioan Olteanu (November 29, 1870 - September 16, 1873), later Bishop of Oradea Mare
- Victor Mihali (December 21, 1874 - March 18, 1895), later Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
- Demetriu Radu (December 3, 1896 - June 25, 1903), then Bishop of Oradea Mare
- Basil Hossu (June 25, 1903 - December 16, 1911), then Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár
- Valeriu Traian Frențiu (December 14, 1912 - February 25, 1922), then Bishop of Oradea Mare
- Alexandru Nicolescu (February 25, 1922 - August 29, 1936), then Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
- Ioan Balan (August 29, 1936 - August 2, 1959)
- Ioan Ploscaru (March 14, 1990 - November 20, 1995)
- Alexandru Mesian (since November 20, 1995)